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Sun's TV critic ignores how correct Joe McCarthy turned out to be

As I watched Tuesday while the anchors on 'Fox & Friends' leveled unsubstantiated charges against Rep. Elijah Cummings as if they were facts, I couldn't help thinking how much more dangerous Sen. Joe McCarthy might have been in the 1950s if there had been a show like this to amplify his reckless allegations.

Santa Claus on a bike delivering trees and pulled pork sandwiches? It's Christmastime in Baltimore

Paul Ryan being selected as Mitt Romney's GOP running mate was big news late Friday night, and no one on television did a better job of covering it on the fly than MSNBC. I can't believe I typed those words either.

Having been rejected by Maryland voters in his last campaign for office, former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is taking his show on the road with a new book, "Turn This Car Around," which he hopes will give him a higher national profile.

The one overwhelming thought I have is how there is absolutely no escaping politics and conflict in these polarized and deeply troubled economic times.